Do you know the German word for airplane? A new study suggests that if you spread your arms and act it out while listening to the word—”flugzeug”—you’re more likely to remember it. ⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ In the study, 8-year-old students who listened to words in another language and then used their hands and bodies to mimic the words were up to 73% more likely to remember them—even after two months—compared to students who listened without an accompanying gesture. Researchers discovered similar results when students were asked to look at pictures while listening to the corresponding foreign-language vocabulary. The researchers devised multiple scenarios and tested student recall after 3 days, 2 months, and 6 months.⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ “Current pedagogical and neurocognitive theories propose that multisensory input, compared with unisensory input, is beneficial for learning outcomes,” the researchers noted, by way of explanation. The translation: Learning a new word in multiple ways—in this case both auditorily and k...